Controlled Waste Information

Controlled waste information, a breach of your duty of care is a criminal offense that can Carry a penalty up to £5,000 on conviction, weather you produce controlled waste or offensive waste we have listed below a few questions that may help answer your concerns.

Waste information for commercial premises. As producer of waste all employers have a legal duty of care to ensure that all waste is legally removed from site up to its final disposal.

Controlled Waste Information Questions 

• Do you have female washroom facilities with Sanitary Disposal Bins
• Have baby changing facilities with disposal bins for used nappies
• First aid room, equipment containing needles, scalpels or sharps bins
• Infectious waste from residents or clients

If your answer is yes to any of the the above controlled waste information questions. You are producing controlled waste and are liable for any breach in the Duty of Care of such waste, please contact us  for a service solution in the Yorkshire area.

Duty of Care and The Law

Controlled waste information and duty of care. If you are a producer of controlled waste you have a legal duty of care. Duty of care applies to everyone involved with the handling of your waste. Starting with the site that produces it to the person who finally disposes of it. The duty of care is set out in section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It applies to everyone who is a producer or handler of controlled waste.

Waste Management What Happens Next ? 

Controlled waste information and disposal. When you choose a washroom service business partner it is a common and completely understandable assumption that all washroom hygiene waste disposal providers will have the required licence.

All washroom service companies from small family operated businesses to large national service providers must have a Waste Carriers Licence by law. Without a current licence they cannot legally remove your offensive waste.

Your washroom service provider will almost certainly have a Waste Carrier’s Licence. It is illegal to collect and transport waste without one and you can be held accountable for their failing. So it’s in your interest to ask to see evidence and keep a copy of their valid Carrier’s Licence legal documentation.

Questions to ask of your current or potential service provider are things like:

• What happens to my waste at the end of the day when all the waste collections have been made and the service vehicle returns to your depot ?
• After you have taken my waste away, how long is it before it ends up at an incinerator or landfill site ?
• What happens to my waste in the meantime ?
• How do I know that the incinerators or landfill sites you use are properly licensed?
• Does your company operate an approved Waste Storage Station ?

The reason why these controlled waste information questions are important is quite simple. Without a Waste Storage Exemption, the only legal destination for your waste on the day of collection is an approved incinerator or landfill site.

That means that all your washroom supplier’s service vehicles will have to end up at an approved disposal site every single working day. And we know that this simply does not happen, which puts you at risk of breaching your Duty of Care as the producer of the controlled waste.

Controlled waste information a few simple but very important facts to consider:

• A Carrier’s Licence simply allows companies to collect and carry your waste
• It does not allow them to transfer that waste to another vehicle for consolidation.
• Does not allow them to transfer that waste to a holding bay at their depot
• It does not allow them to transfer that waste to another waste management company.
• By not taking that waste directly to an approved disposal site on the day of collection. As the producer can be held responsible for breaching your Duty of Care at work.
• Breach of the Duty of Care is a criminal offence. With a penalty of up to £5000 on summary conviction or an unlimited fine upon conviction on indictment
• Rentex Hygiene Services has both a Waste Carrier’s Licence and is a registered Waste Storage Location.

Rentex Hygiene Waste Storage Facilities

Rentex Hygiene Services permitted activities of Controlled Waste at Currock House Denby Dale Road East, Durkar, England, WF4 3AX. 2.1.1 S2 storage of waste in a secure place.

Controlled waste information for products such as; sanitary waste, nappy waste, clinical sharps units and medical waste. These are brought back to our facility where it is held and stored securely under our licence until it is ready for disposal.

This facility allows our customers to be safe and secure in the knowledge that the waste they produce and are responsible for is disposed of in an ethical and legal manner to comply with the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Additionally we are able to provide a clear audit trail detailing the transfer route to a legally licensed disposal site.

Commercial and domestic Waste Disposal Products